Dr. Amanda Watts
Office: Old Main 218 E
Email: amanda.watts@minotstateu.edu
Phone: 858-3172
Credentials:
BA Archaeology, Boston University
MA Ethics in Conservation, University College London
MS Object Conservation for Museums and Archaeology, University College London
Graduate Certificate in Publishing, North Dakota State University
PhD Rhetoric Writing and Culture, North Dakota State University
Courses Taught:
Composition I & II
Writing in the Technical Professions
Writing in the Health Sciences
Writing in the Social Sciences
Art History of the Ancient World
Art History Modernism/Postmodernism
Humanities all literature, art, and music of the West
Archaeology, Objects and Material Research
Museum Studies
More about Dr. Watts:
Dr. Watts has pursued her work in cultural heritage across many fields. As a field archaeologist, Watts has excavated on sites in the UK, USA, Turkey, Afghanistan, Rapa Nui, and Egypt. The art and objects of civilizations narrowed her specialism to material culture as an objects conservator, first studying at University College London then working in museum collections such as the Museum of London, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Chedworth Roman Villa, the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul, and the Poe Museum of Richmond, VA.
Her primary research focuses on the ethical and rhetorical challenges of interpreting human remains and other material culture on museum display. More broadly, Watts finds new and dynamic ways to communicate cultural heritage to audiences through the study of art and material objects. As such, her research lends itself to the classroom where students in Art, Humanities, and English participate in the cultural conversations about their own society as well as those of the past.
